Crazy Love

Chapter 7: I Won't

I walked into school Monday with my head down. As I neared my locker I heard a loud bang. A pain struck the side of my head and body and my vision blurred. I slid down against the locker unable to see anything. When I looked up at the blurred face above me I knew who shoved me. His voice echoed in my ears. 

'Stay away from my girl, McDonough.'

'What a loser.' 

I felt dizzy and I sat there until the crowd of people seemed to disappear. When I got up my legs were wobbly and my head erupted in pain as did my shoulder. I put my back up agaisnt the lockers and closed my eyes tightly. When I opened them back up I saw green eyes. 

"Are you okay?" 

"Andy, I'm fine." I said trying to shake off the dizziness and the pain her boyfriend caused me. 

"Are you mad at me or something?"

"No." I stated, "I'm....not." 

"Okay, well I'll see you at lunch." She smiled and walked off to her first class. 

Instead of going to my first class I went to the same bathroom I went to my first day back. I always went to this bathroom because it was rarely used. The only people who ever actually came in here were ones trying to get away, those like me, or the stoners. 

When I walked in it smelled strongly of marijuana. I put the smell aside and locked the bathroom door. I sat on the floor and pulled my knees up to my chest and cried. I just cried. I didn't want to be here. I wanted to go home. I pulled my phone out and didn't realized how bad I was shaking until I dialed Connor's number. When I looked down at the number pad on my phone I could hardlly read it because my hands were shaking so bad. I finally dialed his number and listened to it ring three times. 

"Ri..." He said with a worried tone. I didn't say anything I just sat there with my eyes closed and tears sneaking out the sides of them. I took in a deep shaky breath and let it out. I'm positive he knew I was crying. "Riley, what's wrong? Answer me." I sill didn't say anything. "Riley? Ri, are you having another attack?" When he asked I nodded my head but I knew he couldn't see me. I couldn't bring myself to say words. "Riley, I'm coming to the school. Hang on." That was the last thing he said before the line clicked. 

*Connor's POV*

I through on jeans and a hoodie as fast as I could and ran down the stairs. I grabbed the car keys from the key holder, slipped on my shoes and grabbed the doorknob. 

"Honey, where are you going this early? I haven't even left for work yet." I heard my mom say just as I opened the door. 

"To the school." I said turning around to face her.

"Why? What happened? Is he okay?" She asked knowing I was going there for Riley. 

"I don't know. I'll call you." I said and kissed her on the cheek before running out the door. I hated telling my mom about Riley. Her and Dad just thought he'd be okay after the hospital visits and the therapy sessions. He was never okay. I looked back at my mom before backing out of the driveway. She looked so worried and it pained me to see her like that. 

I walked into the school and stopped at the visitors desk. They knew me as a former student and I told them I was here to visit my old music teacher during his planning period. They gave me a pass with my name pasted on it and then I walked swiftly toward the senior halls. Riley was nowhere in sight and I had no idea where he was hiding. I turned a corner and was startled when I almost ran into someone. I stepped back a few feet and started to walk around the person. I didn't bother to look up at them or even say sorry because I was so worried about Riley. My plan was to keep walking until they grabbed my arm.